WEBVTT S ANUPDATE.>> Sheri: TOMORROW ISINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ANDSOME ORGANIZERS OF THE RECENTMARCH ON WASHINGTON ARECALLING FOR WOMEN NOT TO GO TOWORK TOMORROW.>> Guy: IT DOES NOT INCLUDEYOU.IT IS CALLED A DAY WITHOUTWOMEN.IT COULD HAVE FAR-REACHINGEFFECTS, BUT WE WOULD MISS YOUTOMORROW.>> Sheri: YOU HAVE BEENTELLING ME ALL DAY.NO WIDESPREAD WALKOUTS AREPLANNED IN THIS AREA.WVTM13 NEWS REPORTER SAYSWOMEN HERE ARE PROUD OF THESTRIDES THEY ARE MAKIN>> Reporter: IN EVERY FIELD OFHUMAN ENDEAVOR AMERICAN WOMENARE MOVING CLOSER TO THEEQUALITY IN NUMBERS.THEY HAVE GONE FAR BEYONDEQUAL.IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFALABAMA, 80% ARE WOMEN.WE ASKED WOMEN AT THIS EVENTTO IMAGINE A WORLD, A DAYWITHOUT THEM OF THE.>> IT MEANS TAKING HALF OF THEPOPULATION BY NOT BEING HERE.IF WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUTEQUALITY AND EQUITY, YOU CAN'TPUT A PRICE OR VALUE ON HAVINGHALF OF THE DIVERSITY GONE.>> Reporter: THIS EMERGENCYROOM DOCTOR SAID WOMEN MAKE UPTHE MAJORITY OF MED STUDENTSAND WORLD WITHOUT THEM EVENFOR A DAY -->> IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTETRAGEDY.WOMEN HAVE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVESDEALING NOT ONLY WITH FEMALEPATIENTS, BUT NATIONALLY IFTHEY WERE TO LEAVE IT WOULD BEAN ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY.>> THE COMMITMENT WE ALL MAKETO FURTHERING OUR ECONOMY ANDFURTHERING EVERYTHINGCOOPERATE BE POSSIBLE.>> WHILE THE PROTEST AREPLANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY,MANY SAY THE BEST CONTRIBUTIONTHEY CAN MAK [INAUDIBLE],WVTM13.>> Sheri: ORGANIZERS OF THENATIONAL DAY WITHOUT WOMENEVENT ARE URGING LADIES TOWEAR RED WHETHER THEY GO TOWORK OR NOT.THEY ARE ALSO ENCOURAGINGWOMEN TO ONLY SHOP AT

Happening Wednesday: A Day Without a Woman

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Updated: 5:07 PM CST Mar 7, 2017

In every field of human endeavor — the sciences, medicine and business — American women are moving closer to equality of numbers in the workplace.

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As school teachers and support staff they have gone far beyond equal — 80 percent of the people in Alabama's education system are women.

On the eve of International Women's Day, it's hard to imagine a world without them, not even for a day.